The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-13
TWAS SIMPL Y FATE 4

WAS SlMPLY ;EAIltll sssS
What Il sight it wasl$ Anold wagon
read, long fallen int b Slis,ise, led away:
into the depths of the wood land and
down this, with her fashionable skirts
pinned up until a suggestion Of the
dalntiest Of hose was visible, q tiny
wicker lunch basket In one hand, the
other grasping the end of q bit of stick,
the opposite end Of which was firmly
set in the capacious jaws of5sa great ST.
Bernard, Miss Jessamine Maure was
speeding. Which enjoyed the romp
most, the mistress Or the dog, would
have been difficult to tell; both cer-
tainly pursued the sport with q wonder
ful zest. Miss Jessamine's cheeks were
flushed to the color OF roses, her eyes
sparlsled with IN intensity of excite.
ment, the sailor hat swung carelessly
over her shoulder, and her hair, .loosed
from its usual stylish bounds, fell
streaming down her back in glossy
,ringlets. The dog, not content with
many exhibitions of his superiority in
the way Of feetness, occasionally tug
iiGan,ee. th.t onotn,ad X o,,t 20 10,
,yao l;o,, ,,r,o,, r.oot1v ~ Tt,,a I.tr;;,,a,,t !
II be,, 'olovas. bnt ha evi6ont1v eonY
sidered IL much pleasanter to submit to
the gentle restraint, and always hast
ened to re-cstablish tho connection.
nd ,l,o NO. thoro,n sonsihla .,,,,,, %,
inv. ,fap pot Te,v 30 bie tnta,Ioot,,a,
si,,or;oro ,vo,,Id ,,a,,o ,,;,,a, ro.., -
q 1ove ,,ossessod h;s le,1 -, Tic v',e and 81
4, ~ IA ne WOOL 7s ,'''@' = >s7 :.
. r. wo,,,d In va oreo tlv s,,,nr;sod ~. !
Ie'bor I,.S,o oit,, . : !,
She fostid;nns Nriea Tnsso No "a ~
9n Hot san+onbar aftasnao,, TT =.
,lirr rocord for 1rrenro, ~ . 1,lonoss -
+ba no ITO, of ,ro,r;at;oe ,yorl,, ,,,vo
benn considorahlv danoaoof ,n1 rr,yo
don,,ts would havo orisen cnncapnino
tha sincaritv of certain sontimants ,ov.
n,ressed IL the wide,v na5 ..O1o tosfhe
Sn,,l,mo ~ Nature !, of which sho ,.s
:tha d,at;nau;shod ,autbnr How th,s
,,s,,o,lv deroure narson 20 +r,ly y,ftod
With . sonl for sstbe snhlime IN natnre },
.oo,Id so far naoloct tho orond r1d
,yoods ,bont ber now rodiant viii I'll,
the o,ories Of early autumn ns to stoon
to 50 frivolous amnsemcnt as that IN
which she ,yos thcn enoaped womb
havo passed all comprebens,on Rut
Miss ,Jessamine Maure. secure in tho
solitude Of the forest. and animated
With tho sense Of freedom which can
onlv be onpreciated by those whose
lives are mostly spent in the confines Of
q citv little Needed the sublimisv Of her
surro,nd,nes and not infrenuentlv
broke the solemn stiffness with , no., of
'Jauo,ter co merr,lv musical that tho
very birds were husbed into envious Sill.
ence
Such vigorous exercise as that how
ever mnst Of a necessity soon o,,t wind
ono 60 LITTLE accustomed to # ond Mice
.Jessamine presently settled down to 9
walking pace. relinoulshine the stick
entirely to the dog, much to his evident
chagrin.
They soon reached spot in which
any one blessed with an iota Of noctic
or artistic feeling must have halted a
small stream. that doubtless had ito
source in some swampy lake burief,.in
the very heart of the woods here flow.
ed softly by. almost hidden. save where
,l, o...a.,, a. - a., =
bushes on either hand, A bridge form
ed of rude blanks, which had in its dav
been sturdy If not particularly ornamen-
tai, splnned the stream. Two slender
poles, made fast to posts placed at each
corner Of the bridge, were tho only
guards OH the sides Of the structure.
and against one of them Miss Jessa.
mine leaned, partly to fully recover her